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Election 1974 Results

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1974 South Carolina governor election

James B. Edwards (Republican) beat W.J. Bryan Dorn (Democrat) in South Carolina in 1974, 50.3% to 47.0%, a margin of 3.3 points and 17,477 votes.

South Carolina changed party: in 1970 it went Democratic, for John C. West.

Democrats led in 32 of the 46 counties as they stood then and Republicans in 14. The largest, Richland, cast 50,315 votes and went to the Republican by 5.8 points. The closest was Calhoun, where 118 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Governor

CandidatePartyVotesShare
James B. Edwards won Republican 266,338 50.3%
W.J. Bryan Dorn Democratic 248,861 47.0%
All other candidates 13,841 2.6%
Total529,040

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
Richland 23,086 45.9% 26,003 51.7% 1,226 50,315 R+5.8
Charleston 16,560 33.3% 32,387 65.2% 760 49,707 R+31.8
Greenville 13,267 30.6% 29,337 67.6% 767 43,371 R+37.1
Spartanburg 12,449 43.7% 15,474 54.3% 580 28,503 R+10.6
Lexington 7,094 28.2% 17,527 69.6% 559 25,180 R+41.4
Anderson 12,002 60.5% 7,597 38.3% 243 19,842 D+22.2
Florence 8,705 43.9% 10,933 55.2% 176 19,814 R+11.2
Aiken 10,194 51.9% 9,141 46.6% 288 19,623 D+5.4
Horry 8,049 50.5% 7,672 48.2% 206 15,927 D+2.4
Orangeburg 8,226 52.3% 7,357 46.8% 149 15,732 D+5.5
York 7,367 54.2% 5,947 43.7% 281 13,595 D+10.4
Greenwood 9,387 79.7% 2,302 19.6% 84 11,773 D+60.2
Pickens 4,610 41.6% 6,315 56.9% 170 11,095 R+15.4
Sumter 5,047 45.6% 5,918 53.4% 109 11,074 R+7.9
Berkeley 4,609 43.6% 5,869 55.5% 91 10,569 R+11.9
Darlington 4,975 47.4% 5,257 50.1% 253 10,485 R+2.7
Williamsburg 5,627 59.7% 3,737 39.7% 59 9,423 D+20.1
Lancaster 4,964 53.6% 4,130 44.6% 166 9,260 D+9.0
Kershaw 3,345 36.6% 5,601 61.3% 196 9,142 R+24.7
Dorchester 3,841 42.8% 5,015 55.9% 117 8,973 R+13.1
Georgetown 4,347 56.0% 3,346 43.1% 64 7,757 D+12.9
Laurens 4,027 52.0% 3,581 46.3% 134 7,742 D+5.8
Newberry 4,667 61.4% 2,815 37.0% 119 7,601 D+24.4
Oconee 4,742 62.9% 2,685 35.6% 116 7,543 D+27.3
Beaufort 3,017 40.6% 4,318 58.1% 95 7,430 R+17.5
Union 3,815 58.1% 2,651 40.4% 102 6,568 D+17.7
Cherokee 3,723 56.8% 2,757 42.0% 80 6,560 D+14.7
Colleton 2,544 44.5% 3,138 54.8% 41 5,723 R+10.4
Chester 3,370 60.6% 2,129 38.3% 58 5,557 D+22.3
Clarendon 3,241 59.2% 2,196 40.1% 37 5,474 D+19.1
Chesterfield 3,548 65.4% 1,776 32.7% 102 5,426 D+32.7
Marion 3,005 56.3% 2,234 41.8% 102 5,341 D+14.4
Lee 2,655 53.2% 2,283 45.7% 55 4,993 D+7.5
Dillon 2,511 54.6% 2,015 43.8% 75 4,601 D+10.8
Abbeville 3,597 79.1% 891 19.6% 61 4,549 D+59.5
Marlboro 2,614 58.6% 1,773 39.8% 70 4,457 D+18.9
Barnwell 2,483 57.6% 1,784 41.4% 47 4,314 D+16.2
Fairfield 2,619 64.6% 1,393 34.4% 43 4,055 D+30.2
Bamberg 2,085 54.2% 1,689 43.9% 70 3,844 D+10.3
Edgefield 2,657 71.0% 1,069 28.6% 16 3,742 D+42.4
Saluda 2,283 62.6% 1,308 35.9% 54 3,645 D+26.7
Hampton 1,952 55.3% 1,558 44.1% 23 3,533 D+11.2
Allendale 1,629 61.4% 982 37.0% 42 2,653 D+24.4
Calhoun 1,314 51.8% 1,196 47.2% 25 2,535 D+4.7
Jasper 1,443 65.6% 723 32.9% 33 2,199 D+32.7
McCormick 1,646 84.2% 300 15.4% 8 1,954 D+68.9

Counties as they stood in 1974; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

South Carolina governor elections we hold

YearWinnerMargin
2022 Henry McMaster (R) R+17.4
2018 Henry McMaster (R) R+8.0
2014 Nikki R. Haley (R) R+14.5
2010 Nikki R. Haley (R) R+4.5
2006 Mark Sanford (R) R+10.3
2002 Mark Sanford (R) R+5.8
1998 James H. Hodges (D) D+8.0
1994 David Beasley (R) R+2.5
1990 Carroll Campbell (R) R+41.6
1986 Carroll Campbell (R) R+3.1
1982 Richard Riley (D) D+39.6
1978 Richard W. Riley (D) D+23.6
1974 James B. Edwards (R) R+3.3
1970 John C. West (D) D+5.9
1966 Robert Evander McNair (D) D+16.3
1962 Donald S. Russell (D) D+100.0
1958 Ernest F. Hollings (D) D+100.0
1954 George Bell Timmerman (D) D+100.0
1950 James F. Byrnes (D) D+100.0
1946 James Strom Thurmond (D) D+100.0
1942 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+100.0
1938 Burnet Rhett Maybank (D) D+98.9
1934 Olin D. Johnston (D) D+100.0
1930 Ibra C. Blackwood (D) D+100.0
1926 John G. Richards (D) D+100.0
1924 Thomas G. McLeod (D) D+100.0
1922 Thomas G. McLeod (D) D+100.0
1920 Robert A. Cooper (D) D+100.0
1918 Robert A. Cooper (D) D+100.0
1916 Richard Irvine Manning III (D) D+97.9
1914 Richard Irvine Manning III (D) D+99.8
1912 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+99.5
1910 Coleman L. Blease (D) D+99.8
1908 Martin F. Ansel (D) D+100.0
1906 Martin F. Ansel (D) D+99.9
1904 Duncan C. Heyward (D) D+100.0
1902 Duncan C. Heyward (D) D+100.0
1900 Miles B. McSweeney (D) D+100.0
1898 William H. Ellerbe (D) D+100.0
1896 William H. Ellerbe (D) D+82.5
1894 John Gary Evans (D) D+69.6
1892 Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D) D+99.9
1890 Benjamin Ryan Tillman (D) D+79.8
1888 John P. Richardson (D) D+100.0
1886 John P. Richardson (D) D+100.0
1884 Hugh S. Thompson (D) D+100.0
1882 Hugh S. Thompson (D) D+79.0
1880 Johnson Hagood (D) D+96.4
1878 Wade Hampton (D) D+99.8
1876 Wade Hampton (D) D+0.6
1874 Daniel H. Chamberlain (R) R+53.9
1872 Franklin J. Moses Jr. (R) R+65.4
1870 Robert K. Scott (R) R+62.3
1868 Robert K. Scott (R) R+50.4
1865 James Lawrence Orr (other)